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Watts Case
‘You’re an evil monster:’ Chris Watts sentenced for deaths of pregnant wife, two young daughters
Watts Case
Chris Watts case: What we know now and what's next
Chris Watts will die in prison, where he'll serve five life terms (two consecutively) plus 84 years after pleading guilty to five counts of first-degree murder, one count of unlawful termination of a pregnancy (for which he received 48 years) and three counts of abuse of a corpse (he was sentenced to 12 years for each charge).
Watts Case
Chris Watts reaches plea deal in deaths of his pregnant wife, two daughters
In a plea agreement negotiated in the past few weeks, Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke agreed that he would not seek the death penalty against Chris Watts.
Watts Case
Chris Watts appears in court, faces minimum of life in prison if convicted of murder
Chris Watts waived his right to a preliminary hearing during a court appearance on Tuesday morning in Weld County for the murders of his wife, Shanann Watts, and daughters Bella and Celeste.
Watts Case
Affidavit: Chris Watts claimed wife killed daughters, then he killed her
Chris Watts claimed that he asked his wife for a separation, and that she then strangled their kids and he, in turn, killed her in "a rage." The DA showed he didn't believe it, charging the man with all three murders and suggesting the girls may have already been dead when Shanann Watts returned from a business trip
Watts Case
Read the full arrest affidavit in the Watts murder case
Chris Watts, the Frederick man at the center of a family tragedy, claimed that he killed his pregnant wife in "a rage" after he realized that she had strangled their two daughters – a shocking twist outlined in court documents made public late Monday afternoon.
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